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there are much bigger things going on in japan right now than baseball. the japan council manager will tell you, the a's and matsui is one of the biggest in the world. >> this is my first year with the a's. hopefully i can play well. through this with my performance this could provide for good news for the people in japan. >> reporter: matzui has already donated more than $600,000 of his own money to japan's recovery effort. and matzui is part of the line up that has fans feeling great. >> there's a definite spark this year. just looks very promising. >> i don't want to jinx them but we're looking pretty good. i hope we take it this year. at least the american league west. >> i think we have more hitters. i think we're going to score more runs. i don't know if the home run totals are worth that much. but deafly more extra base hits. and a shooter to the line up. >>> the a's have already raised $50,000 for the japan árt quake effort and hope to do much more on sunday. it's about baseball out here tonight but also about a lot more than that. reporting live
there are much bigger things going on in japan right now than baseball. the japan council manager will tell you, the a's and matsui is one of the biggest in the world. >> this is my first year with the a's. hopefully i can play well. through this with my performance this could provide for good news for the people in japan. >> reporter: matzui has already donated more than $600,000 of his own money to japan's recovery effort. and matzui is part of the line up that has fans feeling...
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. >>> new reports indicate the level of radiation near a damaged power plant in japan. is getting worse. >>> and yemen's president recalls calls to step down in spite of his own promises to quit. more on in the latest turmoil if the middle east. >>> be prepared to pay more when you go shopping if the bay area. sales taxes will go up on friday in several communities. the tax hike may trigger some short-term sales for bay area businesses. >> reporter: every dollar counters when you're buying big ticket items, and so when you talk about a sales tax increase, some consumers may be persuaded to hurry up and buy before it goes into place. >> some will rationalize buying things now to save that 1% and so i think there will be some sneaking in purchases, and it wouldn't be a bad idea to be aware of that. p.m. >> reporter: the hike will go into effect on april 1st in several bay area cities. that means sales tax rates at 10% or higher. a consumer psychologist says that there will be a long-term effect on spending. >> you know, that 10% mark is really a threshold for consumers, a
. >>> new reports indicate the level of radiation near a damaged power plant in japan. is getting worse. >>> and yemen's president recalls calls to step down in spite of his own promises to quit. more on in the latest turmoil if the middle east. >>> be prepared to pay more when you go shopping if the bay area. sales taxes will go up on friday in several communities. the tax hike may trigger some short-term sales for bay area businesses. >> reporter: every dollar...
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may have saved lives in japan. it gave people time to take action. >> that's enough time to slow the bullet trains, get people under desks, to -- to have an operating room, have the -- doctor the -- have the doctor pull the knife back. there's a number of things you can do in that short amount of time. >> funding to develop a similar system for the united states is running into problems in capitol hill. >>> in santa cruz, maureen naylor tells us how the wife of the man who owns that boat was overcome with emotion when she saw it. >> i'm just heartbroken for him more than anything. >> reporter: lynette watched and cried as what was -- what was left of the boat -- >> it wasn't a valuable boat but it meant so much to him. >> reporter: this is what the 24-foot boat looked like on friday, under water. >> the big surge came and pushed her under the dock. to me it was heartwrenching because we've been through a lot. >> reporter: today his sailboat was the last of ten sunken boats to be recovered and scrapped from the dama
may have saved lives in japan. it gave people time to take action. >> that's enough time to slow the bullet trains, get people under desks, to -- to have an operating room, have the -- doctor the -- have the doctor pull the knife back. there's a number of things you can do in that short amount of time. >> funding to develop a similar system for the united states is running into problems in capitol hill. >>> in santa cruz, maureen naylor tells us how the wife of the man who...
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. >>> now to the crisis in japan. japanese engineers said today the only way to avert a radio active catastrophe might be to bury the reactor in sand and concrete. the suggestion came as the japanese government raised the crisis to a level five. that is equivalent to when the core partially melted down at 3- mile island in 1979. some see the idea of burying the reactor as a sign that peace meal steps such as dumping water on the plant are not working. >>> this afternoon radiation from that crippled nuclear plant was detected thousands of miles away in sacramento. but the amount of radiation here is said to be so small it causes no health threat. ktvu's john fowler live where scientists are also trying to pick up signal. >> reporter: in the last hours, they've told me minute of the two isotopes have been found here in the bay area. now, they are at levels vastly lower than can be detected by ordinary detectors like this. this is registering normal background about 1.5. that's low actually normally. these new detections
. >>> now to the crisis in japan. japanese engineers said today the only way to avert a radio active catastrophe might be to bury the reactor in sand and concrete. the suggestion came as the japanese government raised the crisis to a level five. that is equivalent to when the core partially melted down at 3- mile island in 1979. some see the idea of burying the reactor as a sign that peace meal steps such as dumping water on the plant are not working. >>> this afternoon...
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i'm barbara hall. >> from libya now to the crisis in japan. crews continue their efforts tonight to cooldown several crippled nuclear reactors. this as that country faces a new issue, higher than normal raidation levels found in water, spinach and milk. officials today said not to drink tap water to one village after raidation was detected. david pipe certify in tokoyo. >> teams still struggling to cooldown the reactors, act 150 miles northeast of year in the capitol. the main focus is to restore power and cooling system there is which were knocked out by the tsunami over a week ago. tokoyo said power has been restored to two of the units now but still not clear if the cooling systems will work. fire trucks continue to pump water over the reactors still in danger of over heating. a nuclear safety official has warned pressure levels have been changing at the plant's number three reactor which is the only unit in the plant. the power company has warned the spraying of water on that unit may not be cooling it. the operator has backed away now fro
i'm barbara hall. >> from libya now to the crisis in japan. crews continue their efforts tonight to cooldown several crippled nuclear reactors. this as that country faces a new issue, higher than normal raidation levels found in water, spinach and milk. officials today said not to drink tap water to one village after raidation was detected. david pipe certify in tokoyo. >> teams still struggling to cooldown the reactors, act 150 miles northeast of year in the capitol. the main focus...
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analysts say worries about japan, libya and the cost of oil are causing concern. here are today's closing numbers, the dow fell 17 points to close at 12,018. the nasdaq fell eight points to close at 1723. >>> the allies bombarded libyan defense centers rebels pushed back against government forces. today fires continue in the skies of tripoli. in moscow, america's secretary of defense called those claims outright lies. >> the vast majority if not nearly all civilian casualties have been infected by gadhafi. most of our targets virtually all of our targets are isolated, nonpopulated areas. >> the allies suffered their first big loss today when a fighter jet crashed in libya. the two crew members were ejected safely and were rescued by a team of american militants and taken to safety. the f15 that crashed had a $28 million price tag and the allies -- $15 million each. today at a news conference in el salvador says he will cut his latin american trip short by a few hours and head home tomorrow. -- >>> late today gadhafi spoke on libyan state television, mocking the al
analysts say worries about japan, libya and the cost of oil are causing concern. here are today's closing numbers, the dow fell 17 points to close at 12,018. the nasdaq fell eight points to close at 1723. >>> the allies bombarded libyan defense centers rebels pushed back against government forces. today fires continue in the skies of tripoli. in moscow, america's secretary of defense called those claims outright lies. >> the vast majority if not nearly all civilian casualties...
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. >>> today the prime minister of japan said the situation at the damaged nuclear reactors is grave and maybe worse than first thought. there maybe a breech in the core of reactor unit three raising fears of more radiation leaks. crews also found water that is ten thousand times more radio active than normal. people who live around the facility have been told to stay indoors or move to other areas. >>> two weeks after the earthquake and tsunami hit japan the death toll has now hit 10,000. that number will most likely go much higher because 17,000 are still missing and hundreds of thousands of people who lost their homes still have no power or hot meals. >>> today the first cargo ship arrived at the port of oakland. ktvu consumer editor tom vacar is at the port port of oakland where that ship is unloading. >> reporter: you will see the korea, it arrived today and some people wonder is this black ship radio active? after leaving yokashama it quickly arrived in oakland. people at the port are not concerned. >> it doesn't raise concern for me. i think it'll be in small enough value that it
. >>> today the prime minister of japan said the situation at the damaged nuclear reactors is grave and maybe worse than first thought. there maybe a breech in the core of reactor unit three raising fears of more radiation leaks. crews also found water that is ten thousand times more radio active than normal. people who live around the facility have been told to stay indoors or move to other areas. >>> two weeks after the earthquake and tsunami hit japan the death toll has now...
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the suspect had a warrant for his arrest. >>> another ship from japan is expected in the bay. officials are there to scan it for radiation and john is here to tell us how scientists are testing your watt urand air, even your milk for radiation. john? >> reporter: their testing the air from the top of one of these buildings and also ting water and our finding elevated levels of radiation. >> reporter: she collected creek water to be tested. >> more of a public service, what kind of levels are harmful and realize we are way below those levels. >> reporter: they have tested crying run off, rain water and now tap water. results from rain water shows you have to drink 30-gallons of the most radioactive water to get the same radioactivivity in a cross country flight and creek water has 30 times less. he also plans to test this milk. cows have been eating potential contaminated grass. >> the milk is a efficient way to look for radiation levels. >> reporter: he is certain of milk's safety. his research and results indicate any increased radiation -- >> will be smaller than the radio a
the suspect had a warrant for his arrest. >>> another ship from japan is expected in the bay. officials are there to scan it for radiation and john is here to tell us how scientists are testing your watt urand air, even your milk for radiation. john? >> reporter: their testing the air from the top of one of these buildings and also ting water and our finding elevated levels of radiation. >> reporter: she collected creek water to be tested. >> more of a public service,...